GRE Word List
POTENTIAL
existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality
The meaning of the word potential is existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |